Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-20
PROM TACOMA
PANIC KMsxs cAxu1paTEs Foz TIE eANRx-
HsR-wET HI sgUuLD 81 FRIENDLY.
WAY A rAcomk KDTros zHEKs
OF sZATTLE-CExcEEH
THrKrzs

IRe-aizr Cor. Pass-THtslssgszceF.
ledge Aiayu is In TIE city and there is
Q little panie among the aspifants fer
tue 0fEss Of Clerk Of the DissrIcs Coerf-
There are qsits 9 nanbeF Of these. TIE
more prouEnsni Of whom ere I. o. Ab-
boft, n. C. PStrick, 7. B. Nsllacs and
the present. CITY Clerk Meade. Abbeit
IL young lawyer, Patrick IL an older
man and Formerly 10 the newspaper
basiness. Wallace IL cashier of the Pa
ei0c National Bank snd Assds, as
stated, is the City Clerk. The fEleods
OF the latter have been p8xSie1laTiy
active in his behalf, having secured .
veil signed petition askiag for bis 40
pointment. up5n which she names OF
the members Of the Bar figure con-
spicaoasiy.
An alleged drummer is q7Sted IN 3
SEATTLE evening paper as psyiaR TIE fol-
loving s1eeplng coDpllmeus 10 W. Z.
fyier, manager Of the Tacoma Hotel
vith the real intention, eogsver. OF
sexeseiy EeilsctinQ upon bsth hotel and
manager. The paper calls Mr.. Tyler
TAceMA's Pooh Bah
And the course Of tbs intsrvisz runs 10
this way: Yes. SIR. 5000 year does
Tyler get. when ths best and hness
hotels on the Coast never pay more than
5000 year 70 the head OF tbs eonseRD.
You see Tyler is the Pooh Bah Of the
town; be IL manager OF Tbs facoms, q
defeated candidate for Mayor, DirectoF
OF the Pacifis National Bank. member
Of the Chamber Of Commerce. President
Of the Tacoma Lsnd Company, Vice
President Of the Yotsw Addition Land
Company, Director OF tbs Methodist
University, aud a4pifes to be boss Of
everything
Following this II iutimales that Gen.
. eral Spgague must be gettiag Jealous OF
IylSr because Of his prominence in af-
fairs and his (fyler'sl presence as
chairman on the recsptioo Committee Of
the Chamber Of Commerce for the
Fourth Of July blowout. IL is pretty
safe TO say that General Sprague is not
jealous ss be has enjoyed such honors
no doubt as long as be cares TO AID Is
ready to retire in favor of the nexs best
man az soon IS he tthe next best mani
il supplied.
WHY HE SHOULD BE CHARITABLE.
W.. ). Fife, smiling over tee incident
related in Yesterdays PosT ISTELLI0KE-
CIR concerning John LongSeli, remark
ed: Il know LOnRweil intimately.
While here be was employed at the Ia
coma mill and COS bis 50 TO "a per day.
He bad staoS Of money, bat even II he
did not make as much as SEINE others
or as much as be thought he ought 70,
be certainly should think well OF the
town for it was here be got What Is
better than money-that, indeed, Is
money to a man-that Is, q guild wee
wifey.' Daring bis stay here he courIed
and won yeunQ woman who had beer
taken as an orphan child by my wife
And reared as COR own. John should
give the town q warm place ia bis heaTt
for that"
THEY CAUGHT Hin.
C.L. Burton, city editor Of the Ledqer,
paid Seattle q visit last sunday and
seems 20 have fallen into the hands of
the Philistines. that are alleged to be
able to capture everybody who gees
there. Since his turn he never I, o.
OF descantina upon the scenery about
the city. In a conversation yesterday
with Mr.. Job Carr, who claimed TO b.
the original settler OF the original Ia.
coma, Mr.. Carr remarked that be had
been all over the Sound before settling
here, and be vas asked what led him It
at eRrly day to thigk Seattle would
not he the terminus.
wall" said he, 81 didn't think il
would be. and so cane here. | had
loo ted here for five months and ex-
ploFed the country all ronud, ard l
think the railroad company was wise IN
coming here"
At this Mr.. Burton remarked, quite
emphatically, swell, don't. 1 think
they would have done much better 10
have gone to Seattle"
"Why so 2" asked Mr.. Carr.
Because. in the first place, it IL
| nearer for the railroad, and
HEARKR TO TIE SEA
For the ships" said Mr.. Barton. "Be
sides, there was already town there, and
as for scenery, | stood on the hill back
of the town last Sunday asd saw the
most beautiful sight nv eyes bad ever
bsheld. The SOU was just going down
sud the Olympic range stood against
the sky like q silhOuite, Mount Baker,
With a cap OF snow. presenting beautt-
fol sight. There lay the broad waters
Of the Sound on one side and Lakes
Washington and UaiOn on toe otbet,
like briliiants 10 q settling OF emerald.
Then away to the east was the { 1scade
range and Mount Tacoma, touched by
the soft glow Of tie setting sun. IL was
a perfect picture, and l knoR OF no
place where | would prefer to live than
| Just there"
swell, We have a natural park here,
which claim to be
EQUAL TO ASYTHISo
10 the world" said Mr. Carr, ''bat lesv-
ing the sseRery out OF tbs q lesttsn, tbs
railroad could not have owned the town
| sitA IL IL bad gone there"
"O6, probably not" said Mr.. Burton.
Spe liking OF the exemption OF tie
city from the chicken thif plague, ss
vas done By As. Bacon, 10 an interview
IL the observation-disclosures Of Wsdaes-
day morning, seems TO nave had bad
Ell got, for it broke "a, all over town o1
Wedne DAY night, ihs hen rooIts OF ].
N. JaustI and Others being Faidsd with
considerable loss.
Follouine are am lng the arrivals: W.
o. Wilder, Of Boston. J. W. DIS den and
wife, ]. O. Yale. ]. Il WOodrun and +
Z. Miner, Of San Franelseo. Caas. w.
Beltman Of s.. Louis, A. Allen and II.
G. Davis, Of 81. Panl, N 1rm IN Street, OF
Aspen, Col. ]. II Stetson, OF Port
Townssnd, 4 Il. Collins Of Philadsl
paia, A. J E Furbish. of LIS Angeles.
| Ivanhof Lsnnsp. A. NJ. Croker. O1ss.
A. MaIarkey and sif- aud II. NJ. Gin
ton, OF Portland. II. II. AsYe', Of Dl-
| lath, Minnesota. H1racs K Dsvens, OF
A.ren, Cal., f. Z samson and wife of
O rboua 30, andJ. DaFrah, OF Port Dis
cJyery.